File 99-13: E.C. Manning, 1940
Description
Title Proper | ARC-1346 BOX 099 FILE 099-13 |
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1940 |
General material designation |
From this file, LOI has digitized a textual records or images.
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Scope and content |
This file contains correspondence between E.C. Manning, Assistant Timber Controller for BC, and H.R. MacMillan, Timber Controller. Records within demonstrate not only the authority of the Timber
Controller during wartime, but also the nature of H.R. MacMillan, the man, described by Manning as "inclined to expect the impossible." In a letter dated September 8, 1940 from
H.R. to Manning, MacMillan harnesses the authority vested in the Timber Controller to threaten Manning: "I do not feel inclined at the present time to take measures under the authority
given me to protect the government’s interest but if it becomes necessary to resort
to the authority of the Order-in-Council appointing the Controller, it will be because
individuals insist upon exploiting situation, and it was to prevent such exploitation
that the government passed the Order-in-Council.” [This marked condemnation of the
"exploitation" of governmental measures stands out, as MacMillan in many ways did this himself—benefiting immensely from the dispossession of Japanese
Canadians.]
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Name of creator |
MacMillan, Harvey Reginald
created this archive during his time as BC's first Chief Forester and later as founder
of H.R. MacMillan Export Company Ltd. and MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd.
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Immediate source of acquisition |
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research
Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.
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Structure
Repository | University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections |
Fonds | H.R. MacMillan Fonds |
Series | ARC-1346 BOX 099 |
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File 99-13: E.C. Manning, 1940
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